British History and Literature
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Vorlesung von Pointner. Sammlung des Fragenkatalogs und wichtige Dinge, bei denen Herr Pointner gesagt hat, dass sie in der Klausur dran kommen könnten. (Ich würde empfehlen Definitionen Wort für Wort auswendig zu lernen, da das für Herrn Pointner wichtig ist) Viel Erfolg! :)
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 16.01.2025 / 16.01.2025 |
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How did Renaissance people conceive the world?
- Chain of Being
- Cosmos vs. Chaos
- People believed that everything exists in cosmos, which influenced their mindset of that time
- More scientists etc. as a result
Explain the term "Humanism"
- Educational program of renaissance
- Goal: homo studiosus
- Taught young aristocrat boys Latin and Greek
- Cicero played important role
Who are the most famous humanists?
Erasmus of Rotterdam and Thomas More
When did Reformation take place?
16th century
When was Henry VIII king of England?
1491 - 1547
What are the three main points of Protestantism?
- Sola scriptura (one must read the Bible in order to connect with God)
- Sola fide (only someone's faith in God is important and not their good deeds)
- Sola gratis (believe in predestination)
Who were the most famous Protestants?
Calvin and Martin Luther
When did Queen Elizabeth reign?
1558 - 1603
Explain the term "Neo-Platonism"
- Important influence on literature
- Shift away from Aristotle to Plato
- "The world is just an imperfect copy of a world of ideas
Explain the term "Pentrarchism".
Literary manifestation of Neo-Platonism
What happened in 1623?
The first Shakespearean folio was published
As you like it is a ....
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a ...
Twelfth Night is a...
Much Ado about Nothing is a ...
Othello is a ...
Hamlet is a ...
King Lear is a ...
MacBeth is a...
Categorize Shakespeare's plays.
- Much Ado about nothing
- Twelfth Night
- Othello
- A midsummer Night's dream
- MacBeth
- King Lear
- As you like it
- Hamlet
- Tragedy:
- MacBeth
- King Lear
- Hamlet
- Othello
- Comedy:
- Much Ado about Nothing
- Twelfth Night
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- As you like it
How does a Shakespearean Tragedy work?
- Mimesis, certain amount of magnitude, artistic ornaments (language), inevitablity
Why is Shakespeare so great?
- Most imaginative author
- Every male character is equally strong
What is an epic?
Long poem about the life and death of a hero
What does a Proem contain?
- Invocation of the muse
- Theme
Explain the term "theodicy".
Theodicy is defined as a theological construct that attempts to vindicate God in response to the problem of evil that appears inconsistent with the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God.
- The question of how God can love us, when there is os much suffering in the world
- Justification of God's behaviour
Whx did Eve eat the apple?
She wanted to climb the Chain of Being by gaining knowledge
Why did Adam eat the apple?
He didn't wanna leave Eve alone
Why is the 17th century called the "age of revolution"?
Because there were two revolutions
What are the denominations
- Age of Augustus
- Neo-classicism
- Age of Enlightenment
- Age of reason
What is satire?
- Major mode in 18th century literature
- Comes from an aggressive attitude
- Seems harmless, but is deadly
Which type of satire is cruel, exaggerated and ironic?
Which type of satire is light-hearted and funny?
What are the two types of Satire?
- Horation: Light-hearted, funny
- Juvenalian: Cruel, Exaggerated and ironic
What kind of satire is "Gulliver's Travels"?
Juvenalian Prose Satire
What are the reasons for the success of the novel in the 18th century?
- Counter-reaction to drama
- Growing literacy
- Women literacy
- Technological advance in book printing
- Introduction of public libraries
- Interest in realism
What are the kind of novels?
- Fictional biography
- Gothic novel
- Historical novel
- Epistolary novel
- Picaresque novel
Explain the term "Weltschmerz".
- Artist turns his inner pain outside and is despair
- One aspect of romanticism, poet who has made all the experiences, who knows what the world should be like, knows what the world is like
Explain the term "Byronic Hero".
Somebody who experienced everything in life, but only wants the love of the woman he loved. Nothing matters to him anymore and he becomes cynical.
Name the 1st generation of romantic poets.
- Wordsworth
- Coleridge
- Blake
Name the 2nd generation of romantic poets.
- Byron,
- Shelly
- Keats
